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Paul Merrit Buffington^1,2

• Last Edited: 28 Sep 2024

• Paul Merrit Buffington was born on 26 October 1902, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.^2,3,1
• He was the son of Benjamin Franklin Buffington and Clara Jane Lubold.¹
• Paul Merrit Buffington married Iva Irena Matter, daughter of Floyd Matter and Meda Gertrude Alice Lebo, on 8 April 1925, Salem Lutheran Church, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• Paul Merrit Buffington died on 1 September 1975, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA, at age 72.^2,1
• Newspaper obituary:
  Paul Buffington
  ELIZABETHVILLE - Paul M. Buffington, 72, of 29 N. Market St., died Thursday at his home.
  He was a former shoe repairman at Elizabethville' and a retired employe of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways.
  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Iva Matter Buffington; two daughters, Mrs. Catilla Apa and Mrs. Harold Hain, both of Camp Hill; and two grandchildren.
  Services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home at 103 W. Main St. The Rev. Steven Dorsett will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery.
  Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 7 to 9p.m.
  The Patriot-News, September 13, 1975, Page 3.⁴
  
• He was buried on 15 September 1975, at Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.¹

• Father*: Benjamin Franklin Buffington¹ b. 3 Jun 1858, d. 13 Mar 1938
• Mother*: Clara Jane Lubold¹ b. 26 Apr 1862, d. 24 Feb 1937